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• Rule 1.1 Competence
  A lawyer shall not handle a legal matter that the lawyer knows or should know he or she is not competent to handle without associating with a lawye...
• Rule 1.2 Scope Of Representation and Allocation of Authority between Client and Lawyer
  (a) Subject to paragraphs (c) and (d), a lawyer shall abide by a client's decisions concerning the objectives of representation and, as required by...
• Rule 1.6 Confidentiality of Information
  (a)  A lawyer shall not reveal information acquired during the professional relationship with a client unless the client gives informed consent, th...
• Rule 1.7 Conflict of Interest: Current Clients
  (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a lawyer shall not represent a client if the representation involves a concurrent conflict of interest. A ...
• Rule 1.8 Conflict of Interest: Current Clients: Specific Rules
  (a) A lawyer shall not enter into a business transaction with a client or knowingly acquire an ownership, possessory, security or other pecuniary i...
• Rule 1.14 Client with Diminished Capacity
  (a) When a client's capacity to make adequately considered decisions in connection with a representation is diminished, whether because of minority...
• Rule 1.15 - Comment to All Subparts
  Comment [1]  The purpose of a lawyer's trust account or fiduciary account is to segregate the funds belonging to others from those belonging to th...
• Rule 1.17 Sale of a Law Practice
  A lawyer or a law firm may sell or purchase a law practice, or an area of law practice, including good will, if the following conditions are satisf...
• Rule 2.1 Advisor
  In representing a client, a lawyer shall exercise independent, professional judgment and render candid advice. In rendering advice, a lawyer may re...
• Rule 3.5 Impartiality and Decorum of the Tribunal
  (a) A lawyer representing a party in a matter pending before a tribunal shall not: (1) seek to influence a judge, juror, member of the jury venire,...
• Rule 3.6 Trial Publicity
  (a) A lawyer who is participating or has participated in the investigation or litigation of a matter shall not make an extrajudicial statement that...
• Rule 3.8 Special Responsibilities of a Prosecutor
  The prosecutor in a criminal case shall: (a) refrain from prosecuting a charge that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause; (b) ...
• Rule 5.5 Unauthorized Practice of Law
  (a) A lawyer shall not practice law in a jurisdiction where doing so violates the regulation of the legal profession in that jurisdiction. (b) A l...
• Rule 5.7 Responsibilities Regarding Law-Related Services
  (a) A lawyer shall be subject to the Rules of Professional Conduct with respect to the provision of law-related services, as defined in paragraph (...
• Rule 7.3 Direct Contact with Potential Clients
  (a) “Solicitation” or “solicit” denotes a communication initiated by the lawyer that is directed to a specific person and that offers to provide, o...
• Rule 8.3 Reporting Professional Misconduct
  (a) A lawyer who knows that another lawyer has committed a violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct that raises a substantial question as to ...